JP6960972B2 - Game device, control method, and control program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game device, a control method, and a control program.

Conventionally, a game that provides a game in which an operation object such as a game character operated by a player collides with a stationary or automatically moving game object to change the display mode of the game object. The device is known.

For example, Patent Document 1 provides a game in which a game image imitating an object buried in the ground is displayed by disappearing a game object imitating the ground in response to a movement of an operation object imitating a mogura. The game device to play is disclosed. In this game device, a process of displaying an operation object moving in the game space by performing an operation of moving the operation object by the player and hiding the game object corresponding to the display position of the operation object is executed. ..

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-39175

However, in the conventional game device, a monotonous game is developed in which all the game objects corresponding to the operation objects are uniformly hidden only by the player performing the operation of moving the operation object. there were.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a user interface that realizes various game developments without the player performing complicated operations.

The game device according to the present invention is a game device including a display unit having a display screen, displays a first object associated with the first parameter value on the display screen of the display unit, and displays a second parameter value. The second object associated with is displayed at the specified position on the display screen specified by the player, and when the first object and the second object overlap, the first object and the second object The first parameter value associated with the first object is changed based on the overlap area and the second parameter value, and the displayed first object is changed according to the changed first parameter value. It has a processing unit that changes the display mode.

Further, in the game device according to the present invention, the processing unit arranges a plurality of first objects on the virtual plane corresponding to the display area of the display screen, and displays the virtual plane on which the plurality of first objects are arranged. The first object displayed on the display screen of the above and having a display area overlapping with the display area of the second object displayed at the specified position is determined from among the plurality of first objects, and the determined first object is determined. For the object of, the change value is calculated from the second parameter value based on the area of the overlapping display area, and the first parameter value of the determined first object is changed based on the calculated change value. Is preferable.

Further, in the game device according to the present invention, the processing unit arranges a plurality of first objects on each of the plurality of virtual planes, and displays the first virtual plane among the plurality of virtual planes on the display screen. , The second virtual plane of the plurality of virtual planes is displayed on the display screen, and the first object arranged on the first virtual plane and the first object arranged on the second virtual plane overlap. In this case, it is preferable to hide the overlapping portion of the first object arranged on the second virtual plane.

Further, in the game device according to the present invention, the processing unit displays the third object associated with the third parameter value on the display screen, and the second object and the third object are duplicated. , It is preferable to change the third parameter value based on the overlapping area of the second object and the third object and the second parameter value.

Further, in the game device according to the present invention, when the first object and the third object overlap in the display of the third object, the processing unit has a third object that overlaps with the first object. The overlapping part of the object is hidden or transparently displayed to the first object, and when the display mode is changed, the overlapping part of the third object is transparently displayed to the first object. It is preferable to change the degree of transmission in the case.

Further, the game device according to the present invention further has a storage unit, and when the display condition for the third object is satisfied, the processing unit stores information about the third object in the storage unit in association with the player. Is preferable.

Further, in the game device according to the present invention, the player can select a plurality of game stages to which different third objects are associated with each other, and the processing unit corresponds to each of the plurality of game stages. When the information about the attached plurality of third objects is associated with the player, it is preferable that the information about the reward object is associated with the player and stored in the storage unit.

Further, in the game device according to the present invention, the processing unit changes the information about the third object corresponding to the third parameter value according to the third parameter value, and changes the information about the third object. It is preferable to change the reward object accordingly.

The control method according to the present invention is a control method of a game device including a display unit having a display screen and a processing unit, in which the processing unit displays a first object associated with a first parameter value on the display unit. When the second object displayed on the screen and associated with the second parameter value is displayed at the specified position on the display screen specified by the player, and the first object and the second object overlap. Based on the overlapping area of the first object and the second object and the second parameter value, the first parameter value associated with the first object is changed according to the changed first parameter value. , Includes changing the display mode of the displayed first object.

The control program according to the present invention is a control program of a game device including a display unit having a display screen, and displays a first object associated with a first parameter value on the display screen of the display unit, and a second. The second object associated with the parameter value of is displayed at the specified position on the display screen specified by the player, and when the first object and the second object overlap, the first object and the second object are displayed. The first parameter value associated with the first object is modified based on the overlapping area of the object and the second parameter value, and the displayed first parameter value is changed according to the changed first parameter value. Have the game device execute changing the display mode of the object.

The game device, control method, and control program according to the present invention make it possible to provide a user interface that realizes various game developments without the player performing complicated operations.

It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating an example of a game provided by a game apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the schematic structure of the game system 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the schematic structure of the mobile terminal 2. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating an example of the relationship between a cover object and an item object. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part 24 of a mobile terminal 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part 24 of a mobile terminal 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part 24 of a mobile terminal 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part 24 of a mobile terminal 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part 24 of a mobile terminal 2. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of various tables. It is a figure which shows an example of the schematic structure of a server 3. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation sequence of the game system 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation flow of a game progress process. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of various tables. (A) is a diagram showing an example of a plurality of item objects, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of a reward object related to the plurality of item objects.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, it should be noted that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to those embodiments, but extends to the inventions described in the claims and their equivalents.

(Outline of game device)
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of a game provided by a game device.

The game device is, for example, a mobile terminal such as a multifunctional mobile phone (so-called “smartphone”) owned by the player. The game device may be a server capable of communicating with a mobile terminal owned by the player.

The game device executes a game according to a specific game program, and displays a game image showing the progress of the running game on the screen. The game image shows a virtual game space containing at least one or more types of objects. The virtual game space is defined by two coordinate axes, and an object having two-dimensional coordinates is arranged in the two-dimensional virtual game space. The virtual game space may be defined by three coordinate axes. In this case, an object having three-dimensional coordinates is arranged in the three-dimensional virtual game space. Hereinafter, a case where the game image is an image showing a two-dimensional virtual game space will be described as an example.

The shape of the object is the shape of various closed figures such as a circle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, or a bar. The shape of the object may be a shape that imitates a predetermined object (car, tree, person, animal, plant, building, fossil, etc.). The shape of the object may be deformed over time.

In the example shown in FIG. 1 (1), the game device displays 9 objects A on the screen. Each of the nine objects A is associated with a parameter value a (eg, "5"). The parameter value a relates to the display control of the corresponding object A.

The game device displays an object B different from the object A on the screen. A parameter value b (for example, "3") is associated with the object B. The parameter value b relates to the display control of each object A. The game device controls the display of the object B so that the object B appears on the screen, the object B is hidden from the screen, and / or the object B moves in the screen in response to the operation by the player.

As shown in FIG. 1 (1), the game device controls the display of the object B so that the object B moves in the two-dimensional virtual space in response to the drag-and-drop operation of the player. A case where the game device has a pointing device such as a touch panel and the object B is displayed on the screen of the game device will be described as an example. If the object B is displayed at the position on the screen specified by the player, the game device is such that the object B moves in the two-dimensional virtual space in response to the movement of the specified position on the screen by the player. Display control of B. Then, when the game device determines that the designation of the position on the screen by the player is completed, the game device displays the object B at the designated position corresponding to the last position on the screen designated by the player (the object B is the designated position). The display is controlled to stop at.).

The operation by the player may be a position designation operation such as a tap operation or a double tap operation by the player. For example, the game device displays the object B on the screen so that the designated position input by the position designation operation of the player and the center position of the object B match.

In the example shown in FIG. 1 (2), the object B displayed at the designated position is displayed so as to overlap the object A based on the designated position input by the player. For example, when at least a part of the object A and at least a part of the object B overlap, the game device hides the overlapping part of the object A with the object B. As a result, the object B is displayed as if it overlaps the object A.

The game device determines for each object A whether or not there is a portion where the display area of each object A and the display area of the object B overlap. Hereinafter, the portion where the display areas of the objects overlap may be referred to as an overlapping portion of the objects.

The game device calculates the overlapping area of the overlapping portion with the object B for the object A having the overlapping portion with the object B. Then, the game device calculates the overlap ratio (value obtained by dividing the "overlapping area of the overlapping portion with the object B" by the "area of the object A") for each object A.

As shown in FIG. 3 (3), all of the object A (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "object A1") in the middle (second from the top and second from the left) overlaps with a part of the object B. , The overlapping ratio of the object A1 is 100%.

Further, a part of the first object A from the top and the second object A from the left (hereinafter, may be referred to as "object A2") overlaps with a part of the object B. The overlapping area of the portion where the object A2 and the object B overlap is 15% of the area of the object A2. Similarly, the overlapping area of the portion where the second object A from the top and the first object A from the left (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "object A3") and the object B overlap is 15% of the area of the object A3. , The overlapping area of the portion where the second object A from the top and the third object A from the left (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "object A4") and the object B overlap is 15% of the area of the object A4, and is above. The overlapping area of the portion where the object A (hereinafter, may be referred to as “object A5”) and the object B, which is the third from the third and the second from the left, overlaps with the object B is 15% of the area of the object A5.

The first object A from the top and the first object A from the left (hereinafter, may be referred to as "object A6"), and the first object A from the top and the third object A from the left (hereinafter, may be referred to as "object A7"). ), The third object A from the top and the first object A from the left (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "object A8"), and the third object A from the top and the third object A from the left (hereinafter referred to as "object A9"). ) Does not overlap with object B, respectively. Therefore, the overlapping ratio of the objects A6 to A9 is 0%.

The game device sets the value calculated by multiplying the parameter value b of the object B by the overlap ratio of each object A for each object A as the change value of each object A. Since the parameter value b of the object B is "3", the change value of each object A is as shown in (4) of FIG.

When the game device calculates the change value of each object A, the value calculated by subtracting the change value of each object A from the current parameter value a of each object A is set as a new parameter value a. The new parameter value a of each object A is as shown in FIG. 1 (5).

The game device displays each object A according to a display mode corresponding to the new parameter value a after calculation. In the example shown in FIG. 1 (5), the game device changes the size of each of the objects A2 to A5 to a size corresponding to the new parameter value a "4.55". For example, since the respective parameter values a of the objects A2 to A5 have been changed from "5" to "4.55", the game device sets the respective sizes of the objects A2 to A5 to the sizes shown in (1) of FIG. Change to a smaller size.

Similarly, the game device changes the size of the object A1 to a size corresponding to the new parameter value a "2". For example, since the parameter value a of the object A1 is smaller than the parameter value a of the objects A2 to A5, the game device changes the size of the object A1 to be smaller than the size of each of the objects A2 to A5. .. Further, since the parameter values a of the objects A6 to A9 are not changed, the sizes of the objects A6 to A9 are not changed.

The display mode of the object A according to the parameter value a may be the display mode of the object A according to the transmittance according to the parameter value a. In this case, if there is another object C (not shown) at a position overlapping the lower layer of the object A, the object A is transparently displayed by the transmittance according to the parameter value a, so that the object C overlapping the lower layer of the object A is displayed. Can be visually recognized. In this case, the smaller the parameter value a of the object A, the larger the transmittance of the object A may be. Further, when the parameter value a of the object A is equal to or less than a predetermined value (for example, "0"), the transmittance of the object A becomes 100%, that is, even if the display of the object A is controlled so that the object A is hidden. good. Further, when the transmittance of the object A becomes 100%, the object A may be deleted from the screen.

The display mode of the object A according to the parameter value a is that when the parameter value a is larger than the predetermined value (for example, "0"), the display of the object A is not changed and the parameter value a is equal to or less than the predetermined value. In addition, the display mode may be such that the object A is hidden. For example, when the parameter value a becomes equal to or less than a predetermined value, the object A may be displayed and controlled so that the object A is hidden, or the object A may be deleted from the screen. Further, the display mode of the object A according to the parameter value a may be a display mode in which a number indicating the parameter value a is displayed in the display area of the object A.

As described above with reference to FIG. 1, in the game device of the present embodiment, the player simply displays the object B at a designated position, and the display mode of each of the plurality of objects A can be changed to the parameter value of each object A. It can be changed individually according to a. Therefore, the game device of the present embodiment makes it possible to provide a user interface that realizes various game developments without the player performing complicated operations. Further, the game device can display the object B at an arbitrary position by a position designation operation by the player. Therefore, the player can perform detailed operations such as displaying (arranging) the object B according to the shape of the object A in order to efficiently change the parameter value a of the object A. In this way, the game device can provide an intuitive user interface for the player.

The above description of FIG. 1 is merely an explanation for deepening the understanding of the contents of the present invention. Specifically, the present invention may be carried out in each of the embodiments described below, and may be carried out by various modifications without substantially exceeding the principles of the present invention. All such variations are included within the scope of the present invention and the present specification.

(Outline configuration of game system 1)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the game system 1.

The game system 1 includes a plurality of mobile terminals 2 and a server 3 operated by each of the plurality of players. The mobile terminal 2 and the server 3 are connected to each other via a communication network such as a base station 4, a mobile communication network 5, a gateway 6, and the Internet 7. Communication is performed between the mobile terminal 2 and the server 3 based on a predetermined communication protocol. The predetermined communication protocol is, for example, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or the like.

The mobile terminal 2 is an example of a game device that provides a game, but the game device is not limited to the mobile terminal 2. For example, the server 3 may be used as a game device. Further, a game system 1 including a mobile terminal 2 and a server 3 may be used as a game device.

The mobile terminal 2 is a multifunctional mobile phone (so-called "smartphone"). The mobile terminal 2 may be a mobile phone (so-called “feature phone”), a mobile information terminal (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a tablet terminal, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), or the like. The mobile terminal 2 may be a portable game machine, a portable music player, a notebook PC, or the like.

(Outline configuration of mobile terminal 2)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the mobile terminal 2.

The mobile terminal 2 connects to the server 3 via the base station 4, the mobile communication network 5, the gateway 6, and the Internet 7, and communicates with the server 3. The mobile terminal 2 controls the progress of the game according to various instructions input by the player. Further, the mobile terminal 2 receives various data from the server 3 and displays a game screen or the like. Therefore, the mobile terminal 2 includes a terminal communication unit 21, a terminal storage unit 22, an operation unit 23, a display unit 24, and a terminal processing unit 25.

The terminal communication unit 21 includes a communication interface circuit including an antenna having a predetermined frequency band as a sensitive band, and connects the mobile terminal 2 to the communication network. The terminal communication unit 21 establishes a wireless signal line with the base station 4 by the LTE (Long Term Evolution) method or the like via the channel assigned by the base station 4, and communicates with the base station 4. .. The communication method between the terminal communication unit 21 and the base station 4 may be a fifth generation (5G) mobile communication system or the like. Then, the terminal communication unit 21 transmits the data supplied from the terminal processing unit 25 to the server 3. Further, the terminal communication unit 21 supplies the data received from the server 3 or the like to the terminal processing unit 25.

The terminal storage unit 22 includes, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) or a RAM (Random Access Memory). The terminal storage unit 22 stores an operating system program, a driver program, an application program, data, and the like used for processing in the terminal processing unit 25. The driver program stored in the terminal storage unit 22 is a wireless communication device driver program that controls the terminal communication unit 21, an input device driver program that controls the operation unit 23, an output device driver program that controls the display unit 24, and the like. be. The application program stored in the terminal storage unit 22 is a control program or the like that controls the mobile terminal 2 in order to realize the progress of the game. The data stored in the terminal storage unit 22 includes various data used at the time of executing the game (for example, cover object table T1, tool object table T2, item object table T3, game progress data, etc., which will be described later), and game play. Identification information (for example, player ID (identification)) for uniquely identifying the player to play. In addition, the terminal storage unit 22 may temporarily store data related to a predetermined process.

The operation unit 23 is a pointing device such as a touch panel. The operation unit 23 may be an input key or the like. The player can use the operation unit 23 to input characters, numbers and symbols, or the position of the display unit 24 on the display screen. When the operation unit 23 is operated by the player, the operation unit 23 generates a signal corresponding to the operation. Then, the generated signal is supplied to the terminal processing unit 25 as a player's instruction.

The display unit 24 is a liquid crystal display. The display unit 24 may be an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display or the like. The display unit 24 displays an image corresponding to the image data supplied from the terminal processing unit 25, an image corresponding to the image data, and the like.

The terminal processing unit 25 is one or a plurality of processors that operate according to a computer program (software), or one or a plurality of dedicated hardware circuits that execute at least a part of various processes, or a combination thereof. , Can be configured as a circuitry. The terminal processing unit 25 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 2 in an integrated manner, and is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The terminal processing unit 25 executes various information processing in an appropriate procedure based on the program stored in the terminal storage unit 22 and various instructions input in response to the operation of the operation unit 23 by the player. It controls the operation of the terminal communication unit 21 or the display unit 24. The terminal processing unit 25 executes various information processing based on the operating system program, the driver program, and the application program stored in the terminal storage unit 22. In addition, the terminal processing unit 25 can execute a plurality of programs in parallel.

The terminal processing unit 25 includes at least a progress processing unit 251 and a display processing unit 252. Each of these units is a functional module realized by a program executed by a processor included in the terminal processing unit 25. Alternatively, each of these parts may be mounted on the mobile terminal 2 as firmware.

Hereinafter, an example of various objects displayed on the display unit 24 of the mobile terminal 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 4, and an example of a game screen displayed on the display unit 24 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9. explain.

(Cover object and item object)
In the game provided by the game system 1, the cover object 400 and the item object 401 are used. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of the relationship between the cover object 400 and the item object 401.

A plurality of cover objects 400 are arranged on the cover layer 410, and the item object 401 is arranged on the item layer 411 by the display processing unit 252 of the mobile terminal 2. The cover layer 410 and the item layer 411 are virtual planes having the same shape as the game screen 500 described later.

The display processing unit 252 of the mobile terminal 2 displays the cover layer 410 on which the cover object 400 is arranged on the game screen 500 of the display unit 24, and displays the part of the item layer 411 in which the cover object 400 does not exist. It is displayed on the game screen 500 of the unit 24. That is, when the display area of the cover object 400 arranged on the cover layer 410 and the display area of the item object 401 arranged on the item layer 411 overlap, the overlapping portion of the item object 401 with the cover object 400 is hidden. Become. For example, when the cover objects 400 are spread and arranged in the cover layer 410 without any gaps, all the item objects 401 are hidden.

In the mobile terminal 2, the other layer in which the object whose overlapping portion overlaps with the object arranged in one layer is hidden is arranged is set as a "lower layer" than the one layer. In this case, one layer is set as an "upper layer" than the other layer.

Further, when a predetermined transmittance is set for the cover object 400 arranged on the cover layer 410, a part of the item object 401 that overlaps with the cover object 400 for which the predetermined transmittance is set is partially transparent. The cover object 400 for which the rate is set is combined and displayed by a known synthesis method. This indicates that the item object 401 exists in the lower layer of the cover object 400 in which the predetermined transmittance is set. In this case, the cover object 400 for which "100%" is set as a predetermined transmittance is displayed and controlled so as not to be displayed on the game screen 500. Further, the cover object 400 in which "100%" is set as a predetermined transmittance may be displayed and controlled so as to be deleted from the game screen 500.

The game system 1 may provide a plurality of game stages. In this case, the progress processing unit 251 of the mobile terminal 2 selects each of the plurality of game stages according to a predetermined order or a selection operation by the player. A unique cover object 400 and an item object 401 are associated with each game stage. The progress processing unit 251 of the mobile terminal 2 advances the game by using the cover object 400 and the item object 401 corresponding to the selected game stage.

(Game screen 500)
FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example of a game screen 500 displayed on the display unit 24 of the mobile terminal 2.

The game screen 500 is displayed, for example, when a control program for executing the game in the present embodiment (for example, a game application program) is started in response to a start instruction input by an operation of the operation unit 23 by the player. Will be done. The start instruction is input when, for example, the start icon or the like indicating the game application program displayed on the display unit 24 is designated by the operation of the operation unit 23 by the player.

A plurality of cover objects 400 are displayed on the game screen 500 shown in FIG. 5A. The cover layer 410 and the item layer 411 are displayed on the game screen 500. In the example shown in FIG. 5A, since a plurality of cover objects 400 are spread over the cover layer 410 without gaps, the item objects 401 arranged in the item layer 411 below the cover layer 410 are hidden. It becomes.

FIG. 5B is a diagram showing an example of the game screen 500 when the position designation operation is performed by the player.

On the game screen 500 shown in FIG. 5B, a designation marker 402 centered on a designated position input by a position designation operation by the player is displayed. When the position designation operation is performed by the player, the tool object 403 shown in FIG. 6A, which will be described later, may be displayed without displaying the designation marker 402.

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example of the game screen 500 on which the tool object 403 is displayed.

In the game screen 500 shown in FIG. 6A, the tool object 403 centered on the designated position input by the position designation operation by the player is displayed. When the designated position is input by the position designation operation by the player, the designated marker 402 shown in FIG. 5B is displayed, and the tool object 403 is displayed after a predetermined time (for example, 0.2 seconds) has elapsed. When the designated marker 402 is not displayed, the tool object 403 is displayed when the designated position is input by the position designation operation by the player.

The tool object 403 shown in FIG. 6A is a tool object preset in the game application program from among the plurality of tool objects. The tool object 403 shown in FIG. 6A may be a tool object set by the player from among a plurality of tool objects before the start of the game.

FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example of a game screen 500 for explaining the change value of each cover object 400.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 is determined, and the change value is calculated for each cover object 400 determined to have an overlapping portion with the tool object 403. ..

In the example shown in FIG. 6B, the tool parameter value associated with the tool object 403 is "10". The change value of the cover object 400 determined to have an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 is a value obtained by multiplying the ratio of the overlapping area of the overlapping portion to the area of the cover object 400 (overlapping ratio) by the tool parameter value "10". be. For example, since the overlap ratio of the cover object 400 included in the tool object 403 is 100%, the change value of the cover object 400 is the value obtained by multiplying the tool parameter value "10" by the overlap ratio "100%". It becomes "10".

The change value of the cover object 400 determined to have an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 is calculated by multiplying the overlapping ratio of the overlapping portion with respect to the area of the cover object 400 by the tool parameter value, and is predetermined to the calculated value. It may be a value obtained by adding or subtracting the variables of. The predetermined variable is, for example, a numerical value corresponding to a pseudo-random number generated with the current time or the like as a seed based on a predetermined random number generation algorithm.

The change value of the cover object 400 determined to have an overlap with the tool object 403 is as shown in FIG. 6 (b), but the numerical value indicating each change value may be displayed or each change. The numerical value indicating the value does not have to be displayed. Further, the cover object 400 determined to have an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 may be displayed so as to be distinguishable from other cover objects 400 determined to have no overlapping portion with the tool object 403, or. The cover object 400 determined to have an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 may be displayed in the same display mode as the other cover object 400.

FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an example of the game screen 500 after the cover parameter value of the cover object 400 is changed by the change value of the cover object 400.

In the example shown in FIG. 7A, the cover parameter value associated with each cover object 400 is “10”. Each cover object 400 is displayed and controlled so as to be hidden when the cover parameter value associated with each cover object 400 becomes a predetermined value "0" or less. The cover parameter value associated with each cover object 400 is changed to a new value by subtracting only the change value of each cover object 400. For example, if the cover parameter value associated with the cover object 400 is "10" and the change value of the cover object 400 is "6", then "4" is obtained by subtracting "6" from "10". It becomes a new cover parameter value. Further, for example, when the cover parameter value associated with the cover object 400 is "4" and the change value of the cover object 400 is "4", "0" is obtained by subtracting "4" from "4". Will be the new cover parameter value.

The defense parameter value corresponding to each of the plurality of cover objects 400 may be set. In this case, the value obtained by subtracting the defense power parameter value from the change value of the cover object 400 is calculated as a new change value, and the new change value of the cover object 400 is subtracted from the cover parameter value associated with the cover object 400. Is calculated as a new cover parameter value. When the value obtained by subtracting the defense power parameter value from the change value of the cover object 400 is "0" (zero) or less, the new change value may be "0" (zero).

In the game screen 500 shown in FIG. 7A, the three cover objects 400 whose cover parameter values are equal to or less than the predetermined value “0” due to the change values based on the tool object 403 shown in FIG. 6A are hidden. The display is controlled so as to be. As shown in FIG. 7A, a part of the item object 401 corresponding to the display area of the hidden cover object 400 is displayed.

Each time the designated position is input by the position designation operation by the player, the change value of each cover object 400 is calculated, the cover parameter value associated with each cover object 400 is changed, and the display mode of each cover object 400 is changed. Will be done.

FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of the game screen 500 when the tool object 403 is selected by the player.

As shown in FIG. 7B, when the player performs the selected image display operation, the selected image 404 is displayed. The selected image display operation is, for example, an operation in which the player continues to specify an arbitrary position on the game screen 500 for a predetermined period (for example, 2 seconds) (so-called “long press operation”). In the selected image 404, a character string or an image or the like (hereinafter, may be referred to as “character string or the like”) indicating one or a plurality of tool objects 403 that can be used by the player is displayed. When one of the character strings or the like indicating the tool object 403 displayed on the selected image 404 is selected by the selection operation by the player, the tool object 403 corresponding to the selected character string or the like is subsequently positioned by the player. It is set as a tool object used when an instruction is entered.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of the game screen 500 when the “diamond” tool object 403 is selected in the selection image 404 shown in FIG. 7B.

In the game screen 500 shown in FIG. 8A, the tool object 403a centered on the designated position input by the position designation operation by the player is displayed. The tool object 403a shown in FIG. 8A is a tool object selected from a plurality of tool objects by the player performing a selection operation on the selected image 404.

Also in the example shown in FIG. 8 (a), similarly to FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403a is determined, and it is determined that there is an overlapping portion with the tool object 403a. The change value is calculated for each cover object 400, the cover parameter value associated with each cover object 400 is changed, and the display mode of each cover object 400 is changed.

The selected image display operation in FIG. 7B may be an operation that also serves as the position designation operation in FIG. 8A. For example, when the selected image display operation is a long press operation, when a character string or the like is selected by the player in the selected image 404 displayed by the long press operation, the tool object 403a corresponding to the selected character string or the like is displayed. , Is displayed at the position specified by the long press operation.

FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of the game screen 500 after the player has performed a plurality of position designation operations. As shown in FIG. 8B, a part of the item object 401 corresponding to the display area of the hidden cover object 400 is displayed.

FIG. 9A is a diagram showing an example of the game screen 500 when all of the item objects 401 are displayed.

As shown in FIG. 9A, all the cover objects 400 that overlap with the item object 401 are hidden by repeating the position designation operation by the player. As a result, all of the item objects 401 are displayed on the game screen 500.

FIG. 9B is a diagram showing an example of the game screen 500 including the game result 501.

The game screen 500 shown in FIG. 9B is displayed when it is determined that all of the item objects 401 are displayed on the game screen 500. The game result 501 includes a character string indicating that the game has ended, a character string indicating the result of the player's game play, and the like. The result of the player's gameplay is, for example, the time of the gameplay by the player or points according to the time. The result of the player's gameplay may be the number of hidden item objects 401 or points corresponding to the number.

Hereinafter, an example of the data structure of various tables stored in the terminal storage unit 22 will be described with reference to FIG.

(Cover object table T1)
FIG. 10A is a table showing an example of the cover object table T1 for managing the cover object 400. The cover object table T1 is stored for each game stage. For example, when a game having 10 game stages is provided, 10 cover object tables T1 corresponding to each of the 10 game stages are stored. In the cover object table T1, the cover object ID, the cover shape, the cover parameter, and the like are stored in association with each other for each cover object.

The cover object ID is an example of identification data for uniquely identifying each cover object. The cover shape is vector data indicating the outer shape of the cover object. For example, when the cover object is a closed polygon, data indicating the coordinate values of each vertex of the closed polygon is stored as vector data. The cover parameter value is data indicating the cover parameter value associated with each cover object.

(Tool object table T2)
FIG. 10B is a table showing an example of the tool object table T2 in which the player manages the tool objects that can be used in the game.

In the item table T2, the tool object ID, the tool name, the tool shape, the tool parameter value, and the like are stored in association with each other for each tool object.

The tool object ID is an example of identification data for uniquely identifying each tool object. The tool name is character string data indicating the name of the tool, and is displayed on, for example, the selected image 404. The tool shape is vector data indicating the outer shape of the cover object. For example, when the cover object is circular, the data indicating the radius is stored as vector data. When the cover object is circular, data showing the coordinate values of the four vertices with the center point of the cover object as the origin is stored as vector data. The tool parameter value is data indicating the tool parameter value associated with each tool object.

(Item object table T3)
FIG. 10C is a table showing an example of the item object table T3 that manages each item object. In the item object table T3, the item object ID, the item shape, the item parameter value, the stage ID, and the like are stored in association with each other for each item object.

The item object ID is an example of identification data for uniquely identifying each item object. The item shape is vector data indicating the outer shape of the item object. Image data indicating an item object may be stored as the item shape. The tool parameter value is data indicating the item parameter value associated with each item object. The stage ID is an example of identification data for uniquely identifying the game stage. For example, the item object identified by the item object ID "I-001-01-01" is associated with the game stage identified by the stage ID "S-001".

(Outline configuration of server 3)
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the server 3.

The server 3 manages various information used in the game in response to an instruction from the mobile terminal 2. Further, the server 3 transmits various game information and the like used in the game to the mobile terminal 2. Therefore, the server 3 includes a server communication unit 31, a server storage unit 32, and a server processing unit 33.

The server communication unit 31 includes a communication interface circuit for connecting the server 3 to the Internet 7, and communicates with the Internet 7. The server communication unit 31 supplies the data received from the mobile terminal 2 or the like to the server processing unit 33, and transmits the data supplied from the server processing unit 33 to the mobile terminal 2 or the like.

The server storage unit 32 includes, for example, at least one of a magnetic tape device, a magnetic disk device, and an optical disk device. The server storage unit 32 stores an operating system program, a driver program, an application program, data, and the like used for processing in the server processing unit 33. The application program stored in the server storage unit 32 is a game program or the like that manages various game information for each mobile terminal 2 in response to various instructions from each mobile terminal 2. The computer program stored in the server storage unit 32 may be installed in the server storage unit 32 from a computer-readable portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM using a known setup program or the like. ..

The data stored in the server storage unit 32 is game progress data of each player (game end time, identification data for identifying a game stage in which the player has already played and finished, and the like). Further, the server storage unit 32 stores various data related to the progress of the game (for example, the cover object table T1 of each game stage, the item object ID associated with each game stage, and the like). Further, the server storage unit 32 may temporarily store data related to a predetermined process. That is, the server storage unit 32 may include volatile memory (Random Access Memory, RAM) and store dynamic data that fluctuates according to the progress of the game.

The server processing unit 33 is one or a plurality of processors that operate according to a computer program (software), or one or a plurality of dedicated hardware circuits that execute at least a part of various processes, or a combination thereof. , Can be configured as a circuitry. The server processing unit 33 controls the overall operation of the server 3 in an integrated manner, and is, for example, a CPU. The server processing unit 33 executes various information processing in an appropriate procedure based on various instructions from a program or the like stored in the server storage unit 32, and controls the operation of the server communication unit 31. The server processing unit 33 executes various information processing based on the operating system program, the driver program, and the application program stored in the server storage unit 32. Further, the server processing unit 33 can execute a plurality of programs in parallel.

The server processing unit 33 includes at least a server receiving unit 331 and a storage processing unit 334. Each of these units is a functional module realized by a program executed by the processor included in the server processing unit 33. Alternatively, each of these parts may be mounted on the server 3 as firmware.

Hereinafter, the terminal processing unit 25 of the mobile terminal 2 and the server processing unit 33 of the server 3 will be described. First, each of the progress processing unit 251 and the display processing unit 252 included in the terminal processing unit 25 of the mobile terminal 2 will be described.

(Progress processing unit 251)
When the game application program is started according to the start instruction input in response to the operation of the operation unit 23 by the player, the progress processing unit 251 of the mobile terminal 2 extracts the player ID stored in the terminal storage unit 22 and the extracted player. Create a data request that includes at least an ID. Next, the progress processing unit 251 transmits the created data request to the server 3 via the terminal communication unit 21.

Further, when the progress processing unit 251 receives the game progress data transmitted from the server 3, the progress processing unit 251 refers to the information about the game stage already played by the player, which is included in the received game progress data, and provides the game stage to the player. To identify. Next, the progress processing unit 251 acquires the cover object table T1 corresponding to the specified game stage from the terminal storage unit 22. Further, the progress processing unit 251 acquires the item object 401 corresponding to the specified game stage from the item object table T3. Then, the progress processing unit 251 passes the game stage display instruction including the acquired cover object table T1 and the item object 401 to the display processing unit 252.

Further, the progress processing unit 251 acquires a selection image display instruction or a position designation instruction according to the selection image display operation or the position designation operation on the game screen 500 by the player, and whether or not the acquired instruction is the selection image display instruction. It is determined whether or not the acquired instruction is a position designation instruction.

Further, the progress processing unit 251 determines whether or not one of the character strings or the like indicating the tool object 403 displayed on the selected image 404 has been selected by the player. The progress processing unit 251 may store the number of times the tool object 403 has been used. For example, when the number of times the tool object 403 is used exceeds a predetermined number of times, the progress processing unit 251 is set so that the tool object 403 cannot be used, and a character string or the like indicating the tool object 403 in the selected image 404 from the next time onward. May not be displayed. In this case, the progress processing unit 251 may automatically set another tool object 403 different from the specific tool object 403b to be used from the next time onward. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from using the specific tool object 403 too much and to prevent the game balance from being lost.

Further, when it is determined that one of the character strings or the like indicating the tool object 403 displayed on the selected image 404 is selected by the player, the progress processing unit 251 corresponds to the tool object 403 corresponding to the selected character string or the like. Is set as a tool object corresponding to the position specification instruction.

Further, when it is determined that the position designation instruction has been acquired, the progress processing unit 251 determines the cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 displayed by the display processing unit 252.

Further, when the progress processing unit 251 determines that there is a cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403, the progress processing unit 251 calculates the overlapping area of the overlapping portion. When the progress processing unit 251 calculates the overlapping area, the progress processing unit 251 calculates the ratio (overlapping ratio) of the overlapping area to the area of the cover object 400 having the overlapping portion. The overlap ratio calculated by the progress processing unit 251 may be an approximate number. For example, the progress processing unit 251 may calculate the overlapping area with respect to the area of the cover object 400, and may use a value obtained by rounding down the third decimal place or less of the calculated ratio as the overlapping ratio.

Further, the progress processing unit 251 calculates a value obtained by multiplying the calculated overlap ratio by the tool parameter value of the tool object 403 for the cover object 400 having the overlapping portion, and sets the calculated value as the change value. The change value calculated by the progress processing unit 251 may be an approximate number. For example, the progress processing unit 251 may calculate a value obtained by multiplying the duplication ratio by the tool parameter value of the tool object 403, and may use the value obtained by rounding down the decimal point of the calculated value as the change value.

Further, after calculating the overlapping area, the progress processing unit 251 uses the overlapping area, the area of the cover object 400, and the tool parameter value to set a change value (= (overlapping area × tool parameter value) / area of the cover object 400). It may be calculated.

Further, the progress processing unit 251 calculates a value obtained by subtracting the calculated change value from the cover parameter value of the cover object 400 for the cover object 400 having the overlapping portion, and covers the calculated value as a new cover parameter value. Stored in the object table T1.

Further, the progress processing unit 251 determines whether or not the game in progress has ended because all of the item objects 401 are displayed on the game screen 500. The progress processing unit 251 may determine that all of the item objects 401 are displayed on the game screen 500 when the cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the item object 401 no longer exists.

Further, when the game progress processing is completed, the game progress data (game end time, identification data for identifying the finished game stage, etc.) related to the game result based on the game progress processing is transmitted to the server 3 via the terminal communication unit 21. Send.

(Display processing unit 252)
The display processing unit 252 of the mobile terminal 2 acquires a game stage display instruction from the progress processing unit 251. The display processing unit 252 displays the game screen 500 based on the cover object table T1 and the item object 401 included in the acquired game stage display instruction.

Further, the display processing unit 252 displays the selected image 404 when it is determined by the progress processing unit that the selected image display instruction has been acquired. The display processing unit 252 ends the display of the selected image 404 if the player does not perform the selection operation on the selected image 404 during a predetermined period after the selected image 404 is displayed.

Further, when it is determined by the progress processing unit 251 that the position designation instruction has been acquired, the display processing unit 252 displays the tool object 403 centered on the designated position in the position designation instruction.

Further, the display processing unit 252 changes the display mode of each of the plurality of cover objects 400 displayed on the game screen 500 according to the cover parameter value of each cover object.

(Server receiver 331)
The server receiving unit 331 of the server 3 receives the data request transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31. Further, the server receiving unit 331 receives the game progress data transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31.

(Data acquisition unit 332)
The data acquisition unit 332 of the server 3 acquires the game progress data of the player stored in the server storage unit 32 based on the player ID included in the data request received by the server reception unit 331.

(Server transmitter 333)
The server transmission unit 333 of the server 3 transmits the game progress data acquired by the data acquisition unit 332 to the mobile terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31.

The storage processing unit 334 of the server 3 executes a server registration process for storing the game progress data received by the server receiving unit 331 in the server storage unit 32.

(Operation sequence of game system 1)
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of an operation sequence of the game system 1. This operation sequence collaborates with each element of the mobile terminal 2 and the server 3 mainly by the terminal processing unit 25 and the server processing unit 33 based on the programs stored in the terminal storage unit 22 and the server storage unit 32 in advance. Is executed.

When the game application program is started according to the start instruction input in response to the operation of the operation unit 23 by the player, the progress processing unit 251 of the mobile terminal 2 transmits a data request to the server 3 via the terminal communication unit 21 ( Step S101).

The server receiving unit 331 of the server 3 receives the data request transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31. Next, the data acquisition unit 332 of the server 3 acquires the game progress data of the player stored in the server storage unit 32 based on the player ID included in the data request. Then, the server transmission unit 333 of the server 3 transmits the acquired game progress data to the mobile terminal 2 via the server communication unit 31 (step S102).

When the progress processing unit 251 of the mobile terminal 2 receives the game progress data transmitted from the server 3, the progress processing unit 251 refers to the received game progress data to specify the game stage to be provided to the player. Next, the progress processing unit 251 acquires the cover object table T1 corresponding to the specified game stage from the terminal storage unit 22. Further, the progress processing unit 251 acquires the item object 401 corresponding to the specified game stage from the item object table T3. Then, the display processing unit 252 of the mobile terminal 2 displays the game screen 500 based on the acquired cover object table T1 and the item object 401 (step S103).

Next, the progress processing unit 251 and the display processing unit 252 execute the game progress processing (step S104). The details of the game progress process will be described later.

When the game progress processing is completed, the progress processing unit 251 collects game progress data (game end time, identification data for identifying the game stage in which the player has already played and finished, etc.) related to the game result based on the game progress processing. , Is transmitted to the server 3 via the terminal communication unit 21 (step S105).

When the game progress data transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 is received by the server receiving unit 331 of the server 3, the storage processing unit 334 of the server 3 stores the received game progress data in the server storage unit 32. The process is executed (step S106).

(Game progress processing)
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an operation flow of game progress processing by the progress processing unit 251 and the display processing unit 252 of the mobile terminal 2. The game progress process shown in FIG. 13 is executed in step S104 of FIG.

The progress processing unit 251 acquires a selected image display instruction or a position designation instruction according to the selected image display operation or the position designation operation by the player (step S201).

The progress processing unit 251 determines whether or not the instruction acquired in step S201 is a selected image display instruction (step S202).

When it is determined that the instruction acquired in step S201 is not the selected image display instruction (step S202-No), the progress processing unit 251 proceeds to step S206.

When it is determined that the instruction acquired in step S201 is the selected image display instruction (step S202-Yes), the display processing unit 252 displays the selected image 404 (step S203).

Next, the progress processing unit 251 determines whether or not one of the character strings or the like indicating the tool object 403 displayed on the selected image 404 has been selected by the player (step S204).

When the display of the selected image 404 is completed without the character string or the like indicating the tool object 403 displayed in the selected image 404 being selected by the player (step S204-No), the progress processing unit 251 proceeds to the process in step S206. ..

When it is determined that one of the character strings or the like indicating the tool object 403 displayed on the selected image 404 has been selected by the player (step S204-Yes), the progress processing unit 251 corresponds to the selected character string or the like. The tool object 403 to be used is set as the tool object corresponding to the position designation instruction (step S205).

Next, the progress processing unit 251 determines whether or not the instruction acquired in step S201 is a position designation instruction (step S206).

If it is determined that the instruction acquired in step S201 is not a position designation instruction (step S206-No), the process proceeds to step S212.

When it is determined that the instruction acquired in step S201 is a position designation instruction (step S206-Yes), the display processing unit 252 displays the tool object 403 set in step S205 at the designated position in the position designation instruction. At the same time, the progress processing unit 251 determines the cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 (step S207).

When it is determined that there is no cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 (step S207-No), the progress processing unit 251 proceeds to step S212.

When it is determined that there is a cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 (step S207-Yes), the progress processing unit 251 calculates the overlapping area of the overlapping portion. Next, the progress processing unit 251 calculates the ratio (overlapping ratio) of the overlapping area of the overlapping portion to the area of the cover object 400 for the cover object 400 having the overlapping portion (step S208).

Next, the progress processing unit 251 calculates a change value obtained by multiplying the overlap ratio calculated in step S208 by the tool parameter value of the tool object 403 for the cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 (step S209). ).

Next, the progress processing unit 251 updates the cover parameter value of the cover object 400 having the overlapping portion with the tool object 403 by subtracting the change value calculated in step S209 from the cover parameter value of the cover object 400. (Step S210).

Next, the display processing unit 252 changes the display mode of the cover object 400 according to the cover parameter value updated in step S210 (step S211).

Next, the progress processing unit 251 determines whether or not the game in progress has ended (step S212).

If it is determined that the game in progress has not ended (step S212-No), the progress processing unit 251 returns the process to step S202.

When it is determined that the game in progress has ended (step S212-Yes), the display processing unit 252 displays the game result 501 (step S213) and ends the game progress process.

As described in detail above, the game system 1 of the present embodiment sets the display mode of the cover object 400 with the tool object 403 according to the operation of the player who displays the tool object 403 so as to overlap the cover object 400. The display mode can be changed based on the degree of duplication. As a result, the player can change the display mode of the cover object 400 stepwise by a simple operation of displaying the tool object 403. Therefore, the game system 1 of the present embodiment makes it possible to realize various game developments without the player performing complicated operations.

Further, since the game system 1 of the present embodiment advances the game according to the overlapping area of the cover object 400 and the tool object 403, it is possible to provide an intuitive operation interface to the player.

(Modification example 1)
The present invention is not limited to the present embodiment. For example, when it is determined in step S212 in the game progress process that the game in progress has ended, the progress processing unit 251 associates the item object ID of the item object 401 and the information about the item object 401 with the player ID to the terminal. It may be stored in the storage unit 22. The information about the item object 401 is, for example, the same image data as the item object 401 displayed on the game screen 500, image data (icon image, etc.) corresponding to the item object 401, character string data indicating the item object 401, or the like. be.

In this case, the display processing unit 252 may display the information about the item object 401 stored in association with the player ID on the display unit 24 in response to a predetermined display operation by the player. In response to the first transfer operation by the player, the progress processing unit 251 transfers the same information as the information about the item object 401 stored in association with the player ID to another mobile phone of another player via the terminal communication unit 21. It may be transmitted to the terminal 2. The progress processing unit 251 transmits information about the item object 401 stored in association with the player ID to another mobile terminal 2 of another player via the terminal communication unit 21 in response to the second transfer operation by the player. At the same time, the information about the item object 401 stored in association with the player ID may be deleted from the terminal storage unit 22.

Further, in step S105 of the operation sequence of the game system 1, the game progress data may include information about the item object 401 stored in association with the player ID.

(Modification 2)
Further, the item object ID of the item object 401 associated with the reward object may be stored in the terminal storage unit 22 in association with the player ID. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the reward table T4.

In the reward table T2, the reward object ID, the plurality of item object IDs, and the like are stored in association with each other for each reward object. The reward object ID is an example of identification data for uniquely identifying each reward object. The reward object ID is, for example, information about the reward object (image data indicating the reward object (icon image, etc.) and / or character string data indicating the reward object, etc.) stored in the terminal storage unit 22 or the server storage unit 32. Be associated.

When it is determined in step S212 in the game progress process that the game in progress has ended, the progress processing unit 251 extracts a plurality of item object IDs associated with the player ID stored in the terminal storage unit 22. .. Next, when the extracted plurality of item object IDs include all of the item object IDs associated with any of the reward object IDs stored in the reward table T2, the progress processing unit 251 includes the reward object IDs and the reward object IDs. Information about the reward object associated with the reward object ID is stored in the terminal storage unit 22 in association with the player ID.

FIG. 15A is a diagram showing an example of a plurality of item objects 401a to 401c related to the reward object, and FIG. 15B is a diagram showing an example of the reward object 600 related to the item objects 401a to 401c. Is.

When the progress processing unit 251 of the mobile terminal 2 determines that the item object ID for identifying each of the item objects 401a to 401b is stored in association with the player ID as the game is executed, the progress processing unit 251 identifies the reward object 600. The reward object ID of is associated with the player ID and stored. As a result, when the player plays the game and acquires the item objects 401a to 401b, the player can acquire the reward object 600.

In this case, the display processing unit 252 may display the information about the reward object stored in association with the player ID on the display unit 24 in response to a predetermined display operation by the player. In response to the third transfer operation by the player, the progress processing unit 251 provides the same information as the information about the reward object stored in association with the player ID to another mobile terminal of another player via the terminal communication unit 21. You may send to 2. The progress processing unit 251 transmits information about the reward object stored in association with the player ID to another mobile terminal 2 of another player via the terminal communication unit 21 in response to the fourth transfer operation by the player. At the same time, the information about the reward object stored in association with the player ID may be deleted from the terminal storage unit 22.

(Modification example 3)
Further, a plurality of cover layers 410 (410a, 410b, ...) May be associated with the game stage. In this case, the shape of the cover object 400 arranged on each cover layer 410 may be the same as or different from the shape of the cover object 400 arranged on the other cover layer 410.

When the cover object 400 (hereinafter, may be referred to as "upper layer cover object") arranged on the uppermost cover layer 410a is hidden by the position designation operation by the player, the hidden cover object 400 is hidden. A cover object 400 (hereinafter, may be referred to as a “lower layer cover object”) arranged on the cover layer 410b one layer below, which overlaps with the display area of the above, is displayed. Next, when the tool object 403 overlaps with the lower layer cover object 400 by the position designation operation by the player, the progress processing unit 251 executes the same processing as in steps S208 to S210 of the game progress processing, and the lower layer cover object 400 Update the cover parameter value of.

When the plurality of cover layers 410 are associated with the game stage in this way, the cover object 400 arranged in the cover layer 410 of the predetermined layer has a portion that does not overlap with the cover layer 410 of the layer above the predetermined layer. If there is, the cover parameter value of the cover object 400 is updated by overlapping the non-overlapping portion with the tool object 403. As a result, as the number of cover layers 410 increases, the difficulty level of displaying the item object can be improved, and various game developments can be realized.

(Modification example 4)
Further, when the plurality of cover layers 410 are associated with the game stage, the cover object 400 included in at least one of the plurality of cover layers 410 may be automatically moved. As a result, the difficulty level of displaying the item object can be improved, and various game developments can be realized.

In this case, if the entire area of the cover object 400 displayed on the game screen 500 and movable is smaller than the area of the game screen 500, the movable cover object 400 may not be hidden. For example, the cover parameter value of the movable cover object 400 may not be updated, and the movable cover object 400 may not have the cover parameter value. As a result, the movable cover object 400 becomes like an enemy character to the player, the difficulty level of displaying the item object can be improved, and various game developments can be realized. In this case, the progress processing unit 251 no longer has a cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the item object 401 among the cover objects 400 of the cover layer other than the cover layer including the automatically moving cover object 400. If so, it is determined that the game in progress has ended.

(Modification 5)
When a plurality of cover layers 410 are associated with a game stage, the cover object 400 included in at least one of the plurality of cover layers 410 is a game specific to the cover object 400 of the lower cover layer. It may have an effect. As a result, the difficulty level of displaying the item object can be improved, and various game developments can be realized.

For example, a predetermined transparency (for example, 50%) is set in the cover object 400 (hereinafter, may be referred to as “specific cover object”) that brings about a specific game effect, and the player can use the specific cover object. The cover object 400 of the cover layer one layer below the above can be visually recognized.

The cover parameter value of the specific cover object is not updated or has no cover parameter value, and when the tool object 403 is displayed at the specified position in the position specification instruction, the specific cover object is the tool object. Even if it has an overlap with 403, the display of the specific cover object is maintained.

In this case, the progress processing unit 251 determines whether or not there is a cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 among the lower layer cover objects 400 arranged on the cover layer 410b one layer below the specific cover object. do. When the tool object 403 overlaps with the lower layer cover object 400, the progress processing unit 251 executes the same processing as in steps S208 to S210 of the game progress processing, and updates the cover parameter value of the lower layer cover object 400. At this time, if the tool object 403 overlaps with both the specific cover object and the lower layer cover object 400 in step S209, the progress processing unit 251 sets the tool parameter value of the tool object 403 to the overlap ratio calculated in step S208. Is multiplied by a predetermined coefficient (a number smaller than 1 and larger than 0) to calculate the change value.

When the cover parameter value of the lower layer cover object 400 that overlaps with the specific cover object becomes a predetermined value "0" or less, the display processing unit 252 hides the lower layer cover object 400 and also hides the specific cover object. And. Immediately before the specific cover object is hidden, the display processing unit 252 displays an effect moving image in which the specific cover object is sucked in at the place where the hidden lower cover object 400 is displayed. You may. By displaying such an effect moving image, the game system 1 provides the player with an effect that, for example, the cover object 400 is hidden and the specific cover object imitating the water surface is sucked into the hole. It becomes possible to do.

When the predetermined cover parameter value of the cover object 400 is equal to or less than the predetermined value "0", the progress processing unit 251 newly covers the cover layer 410 on which the cover object 400 is arranged. A layer 410 may be created and a specific cover object may be placed on the new cover layer 410. Immediately before the specific cover object is hidden, the display processing unit 252 may display a production moving image in which the specific cover object springs out from the place where the predetermined cover object 400 is displayed. good. By displaying such an effect moving image, the game system 1 provides the player with an effect that, for example, a specific cover object imitating water springs out from a hole made by hiding the cover object 400. It becomes possible to do.

(Modification 6)
When the item object 401 is displayed, the progress processing unit 251 further determines in step S207 of the game progress process whether or not at least a part of the displayed item object 401 overlaps with the tool object 403. You may. When the progress processing unit 251 determines that at least a part of the item object 401 overlaps with the tool object 403, the item parameter value of the item object 401 may be subtracted. When it is determined in step S212 in the game progress process that the game in progress has ended, the progress processing unit 251 sets the item object ID of the item object 401, the information about the item object 401, and the item parameter value into the player ID. It may be associated and stored in the terminal storage unit 22.

In this case, the information about the item object 401 may be changed according to the item parameter value associated with the player ID. For example, when the information about the item object 401 is the image data (icon image, etc.) corresponding to the item object 401, the smaller the item parameter value, the more the image data corresponding to the scratched item object 401 is the item object 401. It may be associated with the player ID as information about. In this case, when the reward table T2 is used and the information about the reward object is stored in the terminal storage unit 22 in association with the player ID based on the item object 401 associated with the player ID, it is associated with the reward object ID. When the plurality of item object IDs are associated with the player ID and the item parameter value of at least one of the plurality of item object IDs is lower than a predetermined value, the information regarding the reward object is changed. You may.

Further, in this case, in step S205 of the game progress process, as a tool object corresponding to the position designation instruction, a character string or the like indicating a specific tool object 403b for increasing the cover parameter value and / or the item parameter value is selected image 404. It may be displayed in.

When the specific tool object 403b is set by the player as a tool object to be used when the position designation instruction by the player is input, the progress processing unit 251 sets the specific tool object 403 and the specific tool object 403 in step S210 of the game progress processing. For the cover object 400 and the item object 401 having the overlapping portion of, the cover parameter value and the item parameter value are updated by adding the change value calculated from the cover parameter value of the cover object 400 and the item parameter value of the item object 401. You may.

As a result, even if the item parameter value is reduced due to a player's operation error or the like, the player can recover the item parameter value by using the specific tool object 403b. The progress processing unit 251 may store the number of times the specific tool object 403b has been used. For example, when the number of times the specific tool object 403b is used exceeds a predetermined number of times, the progress processing unit 251 is set so that the specific tool object 403b cannot be used, and the specific tool object 403b is shown in the selected image 404 from the next time onward. The character string or the like may not be displayed. In this case, the progress processing unit 251 may automatically set another tool object 403 different from the specific tool object 403b to be used from the next time onward. Further, when the number of times the specific tool object 403b is used exceeds a predetermined number of times, the progress processing unit 251 may increase the size of the specific tool object 403b. As a result, there is a high possibility that the reduced cover parameter value of the cover object 400 will increase. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player from overusing the specific tool object 403b and prevent the game balance from being lost. It will be possible.

(Modification 7)
Further, the progress processing unit 251 may change the shape of the item object 401 according to the progress of the game. For example, the progress processing unit 251 changes the shape of the item object 401 so as to be larger or smaller in a predetermined period. Further, when the tool object 403 selected by the player in the selected image 404 is a predetermined tool object, the progress processing unit 251 may change the shape of the item object 401 so as to be larger or smaller. Further, the progress processing unit 251 may change the shape of the item object 401 so as to be larger or smaller when the attribute of the tool object 403 selected by the player in the selected image 404 is a predetermined attribute. .. Further, the progress processing unit 251 may change the shape of the item object 401 so as to be larger or smaller when the number of hidden cover objects 400 exceeds a predetermined number.

When the progress processing unit 251 determines that at least a part of the item object 401 overlaps with the tool object 403, the item parameter value of the item object 401 may be subtracted. In this case, the progress processing unit 251 may change the amount of decrease in the item parameter value according to the size of the item object 401. For example, if the size of the item object 401 is changed and the area of the display area of the item object 401 displayed on the game screen 500 is doubled before the change, the progress processing unit 251 will change the size. The amount of decrease in the item parameter value of the item object 401 is changed to be 1/2 of the amount of decrease in the item parameter value of the item object 401 before the change.

In this way, the game system 1 can provide a game in which the shape of the item object 401 is changed and the degree of decrease in the item parameter value is also changed according to the progress of the game. It is possible to improve.

(Modification 8)
Further, the display processing unit 252 may display a customization screen (not shown) for changing the tool object 403. A plurality of tool objects 403 that can be used by the player are displayed on the customize screen.

The player selects at least two of the plurality of tool objects 403 by the selection operation, arranges the selected at least two tool objects at desired positions, and selects the create button (not shown). The progress processing unit 251 registers at least two selected tool objects as one synthetic tool object 403c. The progress processing unit 251 automatically generates a character string or the like indicating the registered synthetic tool object 403c, and the character string or the like indicating the generated synthetic tool object 403c is displayed on the selected image 404.

When the composite tool object 403c is set by the player as a tool object to be used when the position designation instruction by the player is input, the composite tool object 403c is displayed at the designated position input by the position designation operation of the player. NS. The composite tool object 403c to be displayed is composed of at least two tool objects selected on the customization screen, and the arrangement relationship of at least two tool objects is maintained.

In this way, the player can create the tool objects 403 by freely combining them, and it is possible to increase the enjoyment of playing the game.

(Modification 9)
Further, when a plurality of cover layers 410 are associated with the game stage, a character string indicating a tool object 403 that causes the selected image 404 to simultaneously change the cover parameter values of the upper layer cover object and the lower layer cover object having overlapping portions. Etc. may be displayed.

(Modification example 10)
Further, when a plurality of mobile terminals 2 communicate with the server 3, the same game stage may be provided to the plurality of mobile terminals 2. For example, each time the player performs a position designation operation on the plurality of mobile terminals 2, the progress processing unit 251 sets the display state of the cover object 400 and the cover parameter value of the cover object 400 associated with the game field being played. The game progress data including the item parameter value of the item object 401 is transmitted to the server 3. When the server 3 receives the game progress data, the server 3 transmits the game progress to the plurality of mobile terminals 2, and the display processing units 252 of the plurality of mobile terminals 2 respectively receive the cover object 400 and the cover object 400 according to the game progress. The item object 401 is displayed, and the cover parameter value of the cover object 400 and the item parameter value of the item object 401 stored in the terminal storage unit 22 are updated.

(Modification 11)
Information indicating one of the plurality of attributes may be associated with each of the plurality of game stages. For example, for each of the 10 stages, information indicating one of the two attributes of fire or water may be associated.

The tool object 403 is also associated with information indicating one of the plurality of attributes. In this case, if the information indicating the attribute associated with the tool object 403 used by the player and the information indicating the attribute associated with the predetermined game stage are the same, the progress processing unit 251 changes the change calculated in step S209. The value calculated by adding the predetermined increase value to the value is used as the new change value. When the information indicating the attribute associated with the tool object 403 used by the player and the information indicating the attribute associated with the predetermined game stage are not the same, the progress processing unit 251 determines from the change value calculated in step S209. The value calculated by subtracting the decrease value of is used as the new change value.

As a result, if the attributes of the game stage and the attributes of the tool object are the same, the player can end the game earlier.

(Modification 12)
Information indicating one of the plurality of attributes is associated with each of the plurality of cover objects, and information indicating one of the plurality of attributes is associated with the tool object 403. You may.

In this case, if it is determined in step S207 that there is a cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 (step S207-Yes), the progress processing unit 251 calculates the overlapping area of the overlapping portion and the tool object. The attribute associated with the 403 and the attribute of the cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 are determined. Next, in step S208, the progress processing unit 251 calculates the ratio (overlapping ratio) of the overlapping area of the overlapping portion to the area of the cover object 400 for the cover object 400 having the overlapping portion.

Next, in step S209, the progress processing unit 251 changes the value obtained by multiplying the overlap ratio calculated in step S208 by the tool parameter value of the tool object 403 for the cover object 400 having the overlap portion with the tool object 403. Calculate as a value. Here, the progress processing unit 251 has an attribute associated with the tool object 403 (hereinafter, may be referred to as a “tool attribute”) and an attribute of the cover object 400 having an overlapping portion with the tool object 403 (hereinafter, “cover”). It may be referred to as "attribute"), and it is determined whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied. The predetermined condition is that the tool attribute and the cover attribute are the same. Further, the predetermined condition is that the combination of the tool attribute and the cover attribute matches the predetermined combination (for example, the combination of the "water" attribute and the "fire" attribute, etc.).

When the progress processing unit 251 determines that the tool attribute and the cover attribute satisfy a predetermined condition, the progress processing unit 251 further adds a predetermined coefficient to the value obtained by multiplying the overlap ratio calculated in step S208 by the tool parameter value of the tool object 403. Multiply to calculate the change value. The predetermined coefficient is a number greater than 1. The predetermined coefficient may be a number smaller than 1 and larger than 0. Further, when the progress processing unit 251 determines that the tool attribute and the cover attribute do not satisfy the predetermined conditions, the progress processing unit 251 further multiplies the overlap ratio calculated in step S208 by the tool parameter value of the tool object 403. The change value may be calculated by multiplying a predetermined coefficient (a number greater than 1 or a number smaller than 1 and greater than 0).

As described above, the game system 1 can provide a game in which the speed of progress changes according to the combination of the tool attribute and the cover attribute, and can improve the interest of the player.

(Modification 13)
Further, when the display processing unit 252 displays a game image showing the three-dimensional virtual game space on the game screen 500, the virtual camera is arranged at a predetermined position in the three-dimensional virtual game space. The display processing unit 252 arranges the cover object 400 and the item object 401 in the three-dimensional virtual game space. The display processing unit 252 sets the three-dimensional coordinates constituting the cover object 400 and the three-dimensional coordinates constituting the item object 401, which are included in the viewing range of the virtual camera, into predetermined two dimensions arranged in the line-of-sight direction of the virtual camera. Project on the screen surface. The display processing unit 252 determines whether or not each object is hidden by another object based on each three-dimensional coordinate projected on the two-dimensional screen surface, and the portion of each object that is not hidden by the other object. Is to be displayed. Then, the display processing unit 252 generates a game screen 500 that displays an image of the two-dimensional screen surface on which the display target is projected.

In this case, when the position designation operation is performed by the player, the position in the three-dimensional virtual game space corresponding to the designated position input by the player's position designation operation (for example, the position on the two-dimensional screen surface corresponding to the designated position). ), The tool object 403 is placed. In step S208 of the game progress process, the progress processing unit 251 projects the tool object 403 onto the two-dimensional screen surface, and the projected image of the cover object 400 projected on the two-dimensional screen surface and the tool object 403 have an overlapping portion. In this case, the overlapping area of the overlapping portion and the projected cover object area when the cover object 400 is projected on the two-dimensional screen surface are calculated, and the overlapping ratio of the overlapping portion with respect to the projected cover object area is calculated. Then, the progress processing unit 251 executes steps S209 to S211 of the game progress process to change the display mode of the cover object 400.

In this way, the game system 1 can provide a game using the cover object 400 and the item object 401 arranged in the three-dimensional virtual game space, and can improve the interest of the player.

(Modification 14)
Further, the game system 1 may be configured to include only a plurality of mobile terminals 2 operated by each of the plurality of players. Each of the plurality of mobile terminals 2 performs wireless communication with the other mobile terminals 2 by a predetermined communication method, and the plurality of mobile terminals 2 form an ad hoc network. In this case, a specific mobile terminal 2 among the plurality of mobile terminals 2 functions as a host and executes each function of the server 3 described above. The above-mentioned game is executed when the mobile terminal 2 other than the specific mobile terminal 2 among the plurality of mobile terminals 2 communicates with the specific mobile terminal 2 that executes each function of the server 3. The specific mobile terminal 2 that functions as a host executes both the functions of the server 3 and the functions of the mobile terminal 2. Further, the predetermined communication method is, for example, a wireless communication method of the IEEE802.11 standard.

(Modification 15)
Further, a part of the functions of the terminal processing unit 25 of the mobile terminal 2 may be realized by the server processing unit 33 of the server 3. The server processing unit 33 may execute the game progress processing, and the display processing unit 252 of the mobile terminal 2 may display the result of the game progress processing transmitted from the server 3 on the display unit 24. The game system 1 that provides such a so-called web game makes it possible to reduce the processing load of the mobile terminal 2.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, substitutions and modifications can be made to this without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1 Game system 2 Mobile terminal 21 Terminal communication unit 22 Terminal storage unit 23 Operation unit 24 Display unit 25 Terminal processing unit 251 Progress processing unit 252 Display processing unit 3 Server 31 Server communication unit 32 Server storage unit 33 Server processing unit 331 Server receiving unit 332 Data acquisition unit 333 Server transmission unit 334 Storage processing unit 4 Base station 5 Mobile communication network 6 Gateway 7 Internet

Claims (10)

A game device having a display unit having a display screen.
The second virtual plane comprises a first virtual plane on which the first object associated with the first parameter value is placed and a second virtual plane on which a predetermined object of the first objects is placed. so that a lower layer of the first virtual plane, and displays on the display screen of the display unit,
The second object is displayed at the designated position on the display screen designated by the player, and the second object is displayed.
It is determined whether or not the second object displayed by the designation by the player overlaps with the first object.
When it is determined that the second object overlaps with the first object,
If the first object that overlaps with the second object is the predetermined object, the first parameter value associated with the first object is changed.
The display mode of the displayed first object is changed according to the changed first parameter value.
It is characterized by having a processing unit that does not change the first parameter value associated with the first object unless the first object that overlaps with the second object is the predetermined object. Game device. The processing unit
A plurality of the first objects are arranged on the second virtual plane corresponding to the display area of the display screen.
The second virtual plane on which the plurality of first objects are arranged is displayed on the display screen of the display unit.
From the plurality of first objects, the first object that overlaps with the second object displayed by the designation by the player is determined.
The change value is calculated based on the overlapped area of the determined first object and the overlapping second object, and the determined change value of the first parameter value of the first object is calculated. The game device according to claim 1, which is changed based on a value. When the first object arranged on the first virtual plane and the first object arranged on the second virtual plane overlap, the processing unit is arranged on the second virtual plane. The game device according to claim 2, wherein the overlapping portion of the first object is hidden. The processing unit
The third object associated with the third parameter value is displayed on the display screen, and the third object is displayed.
Claims 1 to change the third parameter value based on the overlapping area of the second object and the third object when the second object and the third object overlap. The game device according to any one of 3. The processing unit
In the display of the third object, when the first object and the third object overlap, the overlapping portion of the third object that overlaps with the first object is hidden. Or display it transparently to the first object.
The game device according to claim 4, wherein in the change of the display mode, the degree of transparency is changed when the overlapping portion of the third object is transparently displayed through the first object. Has more storage
The processing unit
The game device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein when the display condition relating to the third object is satisfied, the information relating to the third object is stored in the storage unit in association with the player. The player can select a plurality of game stages to which the third object, which is different from each other, is associated with each other.
When the information about the plurality of third objects associated with each of the plurality of game stages is associated with the player, the processing unit associates the information about the reward object with the player and stores the information in the storage unit. The game device according to claim 6. The processing unit
According to the third parameter value, the information about the third object corresponding to the third parameter value is changed.
The game device according to claim 7, wherein the reward object is changed in response to a change in information about the third object. A control method for a game device including a display unit having a display screen and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit
The second virtual plane comprises a first virtual plane on which the first object associated with the first parameter value is placed and a second virtual plane on which a predetermined object of the first objects is placed. so that a lower layer of the first virtual plane, and displays on the display screen of the display unit,
The second object is displayed at the designated position on the display screen designated by the player, and the second object is displayed.
It is determined whether or not the second object displayed by the designation by the player overlaps with the first object.
When it is determined that the second object overlaps with the first object,
If the first object that overlaps with the second object is the predetermined object, the first parameter value associated with the first object is changed.
The display mode of the displayed first object is changed according to the changed first parameter value.
If the first object that overlaps with the second object is not the predetermined object, the first parameter value associated with the first object is not changed.
A control method characterized by including. A control program for a game device having a display unit having a display screen.
The second virtual plane comprises a first virtual plane on which the first object associated with the first parameter value is placed and a second virtual plane on which a predetermined object of the first objects is placed. so that a lower layer of the first virtual plane, and displays on the display screen of the display unit,
The second object is displayed at the designated position on the display screen designated by the player, and the second object is displayed.
It is determined whether or not the second object displayed by the designation by the player overlaps with the first object.
When it is determined that the second object overlaps with the first object,
If the first object that overlaps with the second object is the predetermined object, the first parameter value associated with the first object is changed.
The display mode of the displayed first object is changed according to the changed first parameter value.
If the first object that overlaps with the second object is not the predetermined object, the first parameter value associated with the first object is not changed.
A control program for causing the game device to execute this.

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